Ficedula westermanni
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. The species was given the binomial Muscicapula westermanni by R.B. Sharpe in 1888 based on a specimen collected by Leonard Ray in Malaysia and named after Gerardus Frederik Westerman.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Pied Flycatcher sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 146th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Pied Flycatcher in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and October, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Pied Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Little Pied Flycatcher sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 40%), Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Manas National Park (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Pied Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (97 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
